Crosby couple accused of robbing man met on chat line

A Crosby couple is behind bars, charged with robbing a man who the woman met on a telephone chat line this spring, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

Clyde Darrell Jones, 27, and Sophia Rene Lopez, 30, each face felony charges of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, court records show. Both are being held in the Harris County Jail. A judge denied a bond for Jones.

The victim told investigators that he spoke to a woman on a telephone chat line and agreed to meet her May 18 at the Parkway Inn Motel on Interstate 10 in Channelview, according to an arrest warrant filed in the case.

The victim entered the motel room occupied by the woman, and a short time later someone began banging on the door. When the woman opened the door, a man “barged in to the room” and assaulted the victim, hitting him in the face, the arrest warrant states.

Investigators said the man rummaged through the victim’s pants pockets and found a folding knife, which he opened and pointed at him before ordering him into the restroom.

“The (victim) stated that he feared he would be stabbed to death if he went into the bathroom and instead stayed close to the door,” the arrest warrant states. “The (victim) stated he was thinking about running out of the room.”

The woman yelled at her accomplice to grab the victim’s property and leave, investigators said. The man grabbed the victim’s belongings, including his car keys, and the pair fled in his 1999 Chevrolet Malibu.

Investigators tracked down Lopez through motel records; the room was registered in her name, according to the arrest warrant. Lopez admitted her role in the robbery, and provided information on Jones, her boyfriend.